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Machine instructions and Addressing modes. ALU, data‐path and control unit. Instruction pipelining. Pipeline hazards, Memory hierarchy: cache, main memory and secondary storage; I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode)

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\\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 2 &2&2&4&1&3&4&3&2&5&1&2.8&5
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